GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |